8th CW Architect

A master craftsman, Sanjay Puri's name draws instant respect among the building fraternity. His firm has won him 32 international architecture awards, including the 2013 haul of three MIPIM Architectural Review Future Projects Awards in Cannes and the A+Architizer Award in New York.

Whether it is the innovative use of technology or discovering a hybrid material, for Sameep Padora the focus of design stays on context and encourages questioning of accepted notions for every project type...

Martand Khosla is an architect with the soul of an artist. Even as he goes about moulding the urban landscape, he remains sensitive to issues concerning social infrastructure, displacement and deprivation.

Unlike international offices that have amassed a large portfolio and a clear 'style' prior to global proliferation and expansion, Serie, co-founded by Kapil Gupta and Chris Lee in 2007, started off global in very modest and local settings.

As director of STUP, Abhin Alimchandani has been in the unique position of actively and influentially participating in developing the aesthetics of urban environment and infrastructure. STUP encourages individuality, innovation and the evolution of ideas through discussion.

Manit Rastogi, along with Sonali Rastogi – his wife, co-founder and senior partner of the firm, is working towards creating a symbiotic relationship between architecture, design, urbanism and environmental design in India.

Ranked by UK-based journal 'World Architecture' amongst the top 100 design firms in the world, CP Kukreja Associates is clearly a sought-after firm. In 2011, the Union Urban Development Minister of India bestowed upon Kukreja the title of 'Young and Most Sought-After Architect'.

The biggest contributor to the changing skyline of Mumbai, Hafeez Contractor is the name behind the design of some of the most prestigious residential and commercial complexes in the city. His renowned projects include Imperial Towers in Worli and Hiranandani residential complexes in Powai and Thane.

Christopher Charles Benninger is an explorer and a visionary, with prolific and pathbreaking work spanning diverse areas of constructed space. Having founded the School of Planning at Ahmedabad and the Centre for Development Studies and Activities at Pune.

Arjun Malik, son of architect Kamal Malik, has architecture in his genes. A dynamic architect in his own right, Arjun apprenticed with a few world-famous architects before joining his father's 36-year-old multidisciplinary firm.